To understand how Goal Setting to the Now will guide your
thinking and determine your most important priority, read this out
loud to yourself:
Based on my someday goal, what’s the ONE Thing I can do in
the next five years to be on track to achieve it? Now, based on
my five-year goal, what’s the ONE Thing I can do this year to be
on track to achieve my five-year goal, so that I’m on track to
achieve my someday goal? Now, based on my goal this year,
what’s the ONE Thing I can do this month so I’m on track to
achieve my goal this year, so I’m on track to achieve my five-
year goal, so I’m on track to achieve my someday goal? Now,
based on my goal this month, what’s the ONE Thing I can do this
week so I’m on track to achieve my goal this month, so I’m on
track to achieve my goal this year, so I’m on track to achieve my
five-year goal, so I’m on track to achieve my someday goal?
Now, based on my goal this week, what’s the ONE Thing I can
do today so I’m on track to achieve my goal this week, so I’m on
track to achieve my goal this month, so I’m on track to achieve
my goal this year, so I’m on track to achieve my five-year goal,
so I’m on track to achieve my someday goal? So, based on my
goal today, what’s the ONE Thing I can do right NOW so I’m on
track to achieve my goal today, so I’m on track to achieve my
goal this week, so I’m on track to achieve my goal this month, so
I’m on track to achieve my goal this year, so I’m on track to
achieve my five-year goal, so I’m on track to achieve my
someday goal?I hope you hung in there and read the entire thing. Why? Because
you’re training your mind how to think, how to connect one goal with
the next over time until you know the most important thing you must
do right NOW. You’re learning how to think big—but go small.
To prove its value, just skip the steps by asking yourself,